Comments on: Tech is the Easy Stuff http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/ Igniting Ideas for the Common Good Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:12:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Phil http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-34696 Phil Fri, 02 May 2008 22:07:58 +0000 http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/#comment-34696 I wouldn't say SharePoint '07 is terribly intuitive. (We are actually upgrading to MOSS 2007 this weekend). But from what I've seen they have advanced the features and it is possible from an end-user standpoint to develop the site in a fairly intuitive manner. Really, the most compelling reason to go with MOSS, I would say, is the integration with Office '07, which by-the-way I really do like. Out of all the MS products they've developed Office tops the list. I wouldn’t say SharePoint ‘07 is terribly intuitive. (We are actually upgrading to MOSS 2007 this weekend). But from what I’ve seen they have advanced the features and it is possible from an end-user standpoint to develop the site in a fairly intuitive manner. Really, the most compelling reason to go with MOSS, I would say, is the integration with Office ‘07, which by-the-way I really do like. Out of all the MS products they’ve developed Office tops the list.

]]> By: Mike Scott http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-34687 Mike Scott Fri, 02 May 2008 20:45:24 +0000 http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/#comment-34687 Great Post Phil! I never gave thought to those being the two ways to organize data. Of course, you could probably do both. I had the opportunity to play a little bit with MOSS 2003, and one feature I really liked was the search capability. I was able to index Terabytes of files, and exchange public folders. Some people at the company wanted to get a google search device, and the costs were extremely prohibitive since it was based on the amount of data indexed. With MOSS 2003, I had a lot of trouble getting the organization organized, as I remember there were several levels for the site structure, and it wasn't intuitive. Hopefully they fixed that in 2007. Great Post Phil! I never gave thought to those being the two ways to organize data. Of course, you could probably do both.

I had the opportunity to play a little bit with MOSS 2003, and one feature I really liked was the search capability. I was able to index Terabytes of files, and exchange public folders. Some people at the company wanted to get a google search device, and the costs were extremely prohibitive since it was based on the amount of data indexed.

With MOSS 2003, I had a lot of trouble getting the organization organized, as I remember there were several levels for the site structure, and it wasn’t intuitive. Hopefully they fixed that in 2007.

]]> By: Phil http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-34681 Phil Fri, 02 May 2008 11:54:59 +0000 http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/#comment-34681 Scott, I do see this as a systemic problem that is poorly understood by many folks in high places. Hopefully the awareness of the issue will continue to grow and drive both technological advances to assist the process and work it's way into the brain-trust of key thinkers. Scott, I do see this as a systemic problem that is poorly understood by many folks in high places. Hopefully the awareness of the issue will continue to grow and drive both technological advances to assist the process and work it’s way into the brain-trust of key thinkers.

]]> By: Scott http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-34651 Scott Thu, 01 May 2008 14:56:25 +0000 http://www.thoughtsparks.net/2008/05/01/tech-is-the-easy-stuff/#comment-34651 Great post Phil. To your credit, they should be glad that they have you on the team to even consider this at the start of the project, organization is usually an after thought. One could say that the Internet as a whole is facing this same challenge. As publishing becomes so easy by such a large and diverse population, organizing content so that it can be found and used becomes increasingly difficult - but also much more important. SB Great post Phil. To your credit, they should be glad that they have you on the team to even consider this at the start of the project, organization is usually an after thought.

One could say that the Internet as a whole is facing this same challenge. As publishing becomes so easy by such a large and diverse population, organizing content so that it can be found and used becomes increasingly difficult – but also much more important.

SB

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